Susan Barrett
I am currently the Director of the PBIS Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center at Sheppard Pratt Health System. I have been assisting with large-scale implementation of SW-PBS by providing training and technical assistance in Maryland, South Carolina, Washington DC, Virginia, Vermont, New Mexico and Tennessee. I have also been published in the areas of large-scale adoption of SW-PBS, cost-benefit analysis, and adoption of evidence-based practices in schools. As a current member of the APBS Board, I have been appointed to co-lead the membership committee. This work has led to the launch of the APBS School-wide training network. While in the beginning stages, the APBS training network will provide SW PBS trainers across the country access to content and resources by building a community of practice through webinars and a wiki site. If elected for another term, I would be able to expand the training network and continue to lead this work.

Kelley Gordham
It is a privilege to serve as an Ex Officio to the APBS Board and I am pleased that I have been able to provide my support to APBS in this capacity. Currently, the Board is working hard to reach out to different stakeholder groups to ensure that the Board is sensitive to the diverse range of populations and settings where PBS is implemented. I have taken a leadership role in developing an APBS Network (currently more than 100 members) that addresses behavioral support for individuals across the lifespan. I have also been a part of this association since its inception and part of the group of practitioners who actively supported the idea that an association was needed to ensure the sustainability and expansion of PBS. I am running for a full board seat because I believe that the Board needs active members who can represent practitioners who work with both children and adults who present behavioral challenges and are aware of the issues associated with support for individuals across the lifespan. I believe that to be a strong association, APBS needs multiple perspectives. If elected, I will work with the Board to expand membership, conference presentations, and other opportunities that focus on PBS issues that provide support from early intervention to aging issues. Working together will enable us to create an association that will meet the needs of all of the different stakeholder groups and will set the stage for effective interagency supports and services.

Don Kincaid
I am completing my second term on the APBS Board and excited about the possibility of a third (and final!) term. I am currently the vice-president and served as the conference chair for at least 3 years. I am now the chair of the newly formed General Operations Committee that will track the progress of our committees, work groups and other initiatives. I am also the Director of the Florida Positive Behavior Support Project and a collaborator on the OSEP Technical Assistance Center for PBIS. My passion is the implementation of systems change and multi-tiered systems of student supports for academics and behavior. I am excited about the future of APBS, am committed to the expansion of our impact, and support the growth of our networks and relationships with related associations.

Satish Moorthy
My interest in Board membership is rooted in a practical appreciation of APBS policy and advocacy goals. An active APBS member with a public policy and clinical social work background, I serve as Director of the New York City PBIS Technical Assistance Center. We currently support schoolwide-PBS in over 200 public schools in NYC, where PBIS is officially part of citywide school discipline policy. Before joining schoolwide-PBS, I was a community-based social worker providing mental health trauma support for students and families of NYC special education schools after the events of September 11, 2001. Prior to that, I coordinated the University of Chicago Human Rights Program, leading a university-based campaign that raised awareness of sweatshops and global labor practices that exploit youth workers. In addition, I led an advocacy project promoting better treatment of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in the US, submitting case narratives for Congressional Testimony supporting US Senate Bill 121 (The Unaccompanied Children’s Act) in 2002. As a committed advocate for children and families, I am excited that APBS is focused on being more responsive to its membership. My experiences in urban schools and human rights advocacy make me acutely aware of the need to include the culturally and linguistically diverse voices of our primary stakeholders (our children, families, and community advocates) in our policy and implementation. Every day, PBS is reaching more and more communities in the United States and internationally. I would be honored to serve on the Board of this visionary and evolving global organization.

Heather Peshak George
I have enjoyed serving on the APBS Board of Directors since 2009 and participating as your Secretary of the Executive Committee. I have also been serving as Co-Chair of the APBS Conference Committee and am excited at the growing interest of APBS as evidenced by the increased attendance at our conference. As one of the first APBS members, I have seen PBS change from being viewed as a fad to best practice with evidence-based strategies expanding beyond the individual student to incorporate classrooms and whole settings. Increased research has continued to produce more effective and efficient tools for supporting individuals for success in the classroom, home and community. We need to celebrate our efforts, yet understand that there is still so much to do! As PBS “scales up” nationally and internationally, efforts need to be made in continuing to: perfect tools for simplicity across settings, expand evaluation methods across the continuum, collaborate efforts across stakeholders, examine implementation factors, and disseminate our findings across diverse audiences. For almost 20 years, I have been providing training and technical assistance in PBS across individual, classroom, targeted group, and school-wide across all levels including home settings. As an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida, Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Director for Florida’s PBS Project, and Research Partner for the OSEP TA Center on PBIS, much of my professional activity involves coordinating systems change efforts at local, state and national levels to support the implementation of PBS. I completed my doctoral degree at Louisiana State University in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Special Education and my master's in Psychology at Indiana State University. I would be honored to continue to serve on the APBS Board of Directors.